NPA reports bombing of Chukudum

NAIROBI, 8 December 1998

Government planes bombed the town of Chukudum in eastern Equatoria on Monday morning, the NGO Norwegian People’s Aid said. In a statement received today by IRIN, NPA said an Antonov aircraft dropped six bombs on the town, but no casualties were reported. NPA, which runs a hospital and medical training school in Chukudum, said the bombing “aimed at disrupting normal life from returning to areas under SPLM/A control.”